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Political Science / Social Sciences, Department

Staats- und Gesellschaftswissenschaften

Zeppelin Universität

Staats- und Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Am Seemooser Horn 20
D-88045 Friedrichshafen
Telephone: +49 7541 6009-1400
https://www.zu.de

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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

170

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

30

Teaching in core subjects

  • Germany: 25%
  • EU: 5%
  • International relations: 20%
  • Comparison of political systems: 15%
  • Methods/statistics: 0%
  • Theory/intellectual history: 10%
  • Other fields/didactics: 25%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

12/14 points

Research

Third party funds per academic

27,900 €

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
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Library
IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

26

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

Module mobility with the universities of Constance and Zurich. Cooperation in student research with the University of California at Berkeley and San Diego. Small groups with appropriate didactic formats and active student participation; discursive exchange with lecturers. E-learning formats in the trial phase.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Sun Yat-Sen University, China; University of California, San Diego, USA; Sciences Po Paris, France; Ritsumeikan Asian Pacific University, Japan; Universiteit Maastricht, Niederlande; University of Bergen, Norwegen; University of the Witwatersrand | WITS, Südafrika; Universität Zürich, Schweiz; University of California, Berkeley, USA; Universiteit Twente, Niederlande

Special features regarding research activities

Energy Crops: Linking Energy to Social Order and Culture; Simulations of the Size of the Bundestag for the September 24, 2017 Federal Election; Social Structure and Politics, Political Knowledge and Political Sophistication; Computational Statistics and Ecological Inference; Design and Effects of Compensation for Top Management Members of Public Companies; Economic Rationality and Competing Behavioural Rules; Smart Government; The Europeanisation of Higher Education; Party Politics in the Bundesrat. Analysis based on the votes in the committees of the Bundesrat.

Support for founders

Business incubator ("Pioneer Port"); structural support and mentoring of practice partners in start-up projects; more than 120 start-ups.

Further information on research activities

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Last Update 2021: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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